New Journal of Neurotrauma Special Issue

14 February 2007

In January 2007, the Journal of Neurotrauma, published a special issue on “Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma: New Insight into the Detection, Pathobiology, Prevention, and Treatment of our Youngest Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.” Guest editors were Rachel P. Berger, MD, MPH, Susan Margulies, MD, Larry W. Jenkins, PhD, and Patrick M. Kochanek, MD. Below are some of the articles in this issue:

• Kochanek PM, Berger RP, Margulies SS, Jenkins LW: Inflicted childhood neurotrauma: new insight into the detection, pathobiology, prevention, and treatment of our youngest patients with traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 24:1-4, 2007.

• Beers SR, Berger RP, Adelson PD: Outcomes; Neurocognitive Outcome and Serum Biomarkers in Inflicted versus Non-Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children. J Neurotrauma 24:97-105, 2007.

• Gao W, Chadha MS, Berger RP, Omenn G, Allen D, Pisano M, Adelson PD, Clark RSB, Jenkins LW, Kochanek PM: Biomarkers and diagnosis: A gel-based proteomic comparison of human cerebrospinal fluid between inflicted and non-inflicted pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma: 24:43-53, 2007.

• Shore PM, Berger RP, Varma S, Janesko KL, Wisniewski SR, Clark RS, Adelson PD, Thomas NJ, Lai YC, Bayir H, Kochanek PM: Biomarkers and Diagnosis; Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers versus Glasgow Coma Scale and Glasgow Outcome Scale in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Young Age and Inflicted Injury. J Neurotrauma 24:75-86, 2007.